High Wind in Montana, March 19, 2001

Name: High Wind in Montana, March 19, 2001
Start: 2001-03-19T15:53
End: 2001-03-19T15:53
Location: Montana

March 19, 2001 · NWS GGW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong cold front passed through the region causing strong winds for several hours.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS GGW wrote it up.

A strong cold front passed through the region causing strong winds for several hours.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 19, 2:30 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 2:30 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
230 PM MST MON MAR 19 2001

STRONG JET PUSHING INTO MONTANA ACROSS PACIFIC NORTHWEST. JET
DEFLECTING MUCH OF THE MOISTURE TO THE SOUTH WITH DRY SLOT/CLEARING
OCCURING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL
SASKATCHEWAN WITH WARM FRONT SLOWLY LIFTING ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA.
COLD FRONT DRAPED ALONG MT/ALBERTA BORDER NOT EXPECTED TO DROP MUCH
FURTHER SOUTH WITH STRONG ZONAL FLOW PUSHING INTO NORTHERN MONTANA.
THUS WILL GO WITH DRY FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. TUESDAY HAS JET ACROSS
MONTANA WITH POLEWARD SUBSIDENCE OVER MUCH OF THE CWA. GRADIENT
WEAKER AND WINDS SHOULD BE DOWNSLOPE WESTERLIES WITH LITTLE GRADIENT
INFLUENCE. THUS COOLER AND LESS WINDY. RIDGE BEGINS REBOUNDING
SLIGHTLY ON WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER WAVE SLIDING THROUGH THE NORTHERN
STREAM. THIS BEGINS TO TURN THE UPPER FLOW SLIGHTLY NORTHWEST BUT
CONTINUES DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS. EBERT

EXTENDED...MRF/AVN SOLUTIONS ARE FOR A COOLER EXTENDED...STILL FEEL
THAT THE WARMER ECMWF/CMC SOLUTION IS THE BETTER WAY TO GO FOR THIS
PACKAGE. PREFER THE MORE AMPLIFIED RIDGE PATTERN OF THE ECMWF
TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD. THROUGH THE PERIOD LOOK FOR A STEADY
WARMING TEND THROUGH MONDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EXPECTED
THROUGH THE PERIOD.          PROTON

KGGW 032/051 027/047 019/039 015/044 019/049 023/054 029/059
      UBUUUUU  901000/9400000
KGDV 034/052 026/048 017/040 017/047 020/052 025/057 030/062
      UBUUUUU  901000/9400000

The radar

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Northern Phillips

When: March 19, 3:53 PM MST
Where: Northern Phillips forecast zone
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 48.259, -107.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Montana in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, March 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5237181.